Veteran law enforcement officer Adam Burden worked with the City of Miami police department from 1987 to 2010, completing his tenure as assistant chief of police. Currently, Adam Burden serves as a police consultant to the City of North Miami, advising the city manager and police chief on critical matters involving the North Miami police department.
The North Miami police department is committed to executing timely responses to crime alerts. However, these efforts are often hindered by false alarms. Nationwide, about 99 percent of all burglar alarms that police respond to are false. The main reasons for false alarms are user error, equipment failure, and installation errors. User error is by far the most common, causing over 80 percent of false alarms.
These false alarms are a nuisance to communities and divert critical resources away from real emergencies. The City of North Miami established an ordinance to reduce them. The ordinance imposes fines on residents for false alarms. For the first and second false alarm, residents pay no fine. But afterward, they can be required to pay from $25 to $500, depending on the number of times their systems raise false alarms.
The North Miami police department is committed to executing timely responses to crime alerts. However, these efforts are often hindered by false alarms. Nationwide, about 99 percent of all burglar alarms that police respond to are false. The main reasons for false alarms are user error, equipment failure, and installation errors. User error is by far the most common, causing over 80 percent of false alarms.
These false alarms are a nuisance to communities and divert critical resources away from real emergencies. The City of North Miami established an ordinance to reduce them. The ordinance imposes fines on residents for false alarms. For the first and second false alarm, residents pay no fine. But afterward, they can be required to pay from $25 to $500, depending on the number of times their systems raise false alarms.
